Garment-fastener



No. 751.559. PATENTED FEB. 9, 1904. W. S. RICHARDSON.

GARMENT FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1901.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented February 9, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,559, dated February9, 1904.

Application filed May 9, 1901.

To all Yw/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM S. RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inGarment-Fasteners, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,for1ning apart of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to an improvement in garment-fasteners of the kinddescribed and claimed in my Letters Patent No. 604,637, dated May 24,1898, and particularly to the socket member of such a garment-fastener.

It comprises a wide fiange, which may be straight or may be bowed andwhich surrounds a socket-entrance, which has rising from its edge ashort ornarrow wall which is enlarged immediately above thesocket-entrance. It is made from a blank of suitable shape by strikingup a portion thereof in much the same way as an eyelet is formed and inremoving the closed end of the struck-up section and then shaping thewall to form the enlargement over the socket-entrance and to alsoprovide when desired a wide bearing at the inner end of the wall for thethumb or finger and the material which rests against it.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in vertical section of theimproved'socket member. Fig'. 2 represents it as attached to a garmentor fabric. Fig. 3 shows the ball member in engagement therewith. Fig. 4illustrates a modification in the shape of its flange. Figs. 5 and 6represent modified forms, te which reference is hereinafter made. Fig. 7is a view of' the member represented in Fig. 1 and made resilient bymeans of a slit extending from the socket-entrance through the flange.

The flange or base a of t-he socket member may be flat, as representedin Fig. l, or it may be slightly bowed, as represented in Fig. 4, tocause its outer edge a' to be raised somewhat above the socket-entrancea2. From the base, either centrally therein or otherwise, as maybedesired, there is struck up the wall a3. It will be understood thatoriginally or as a result of the first action of the striking-up processthe wall will be of the same diameter through- Serial No. 59,448. (Nomodel.)

out and will have a closed end. This closed end is removed and the wallis enlarged above the socket-entrance t2 by being expanded from the saidsocket-entrance to any desired extent. The wall is relatively shallow,and it provides a ball-holding cavity at, which is open at both ends,and which is sufficiently enlarged above the socket-entrance e2 toreceive and hold the ball. The wall should not rise or be of a heightgreater than the thickness of the ball from its neck to its upper end.IVhile the shape employed in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 may be used, I prefer asarule to finish the inner edge of the wall by providing it with arelatively wide bearing a5. This is obtained either by turning the innerend of the wall outwardly, as represented in Fig. 5, or by turning itslightly inward, as represented in Fig. 6, and this finish prevents theedge of the wall from injuring or cutting the fabric or garment to whichit is attached, and it also provides a broader and more agreeablesurface for the thumb or finger which is used in pressing or holding itwhile the engagement is being made with the ball.

It will be understood that the socket-piece as a whole must berelatively flat in order that it may not cause any appreciablethickening of the garment at the point where it is secured, and that itmust be secured to the garment without puncturing the garment, or, inother words, the flange must lie against the surface of the fabric ofthe garment and the fabric must extend over the open inner end of thesocket member and the inner edge of the wall must rest against thefabric of the garment. means of stitches c, which pass through theperforations or holes e7 in the base or iiange and the fabric of thegarment, and by forming the fiange t with the bowed-in edge a the snugfitting of the flange and the socket member to the surface of the fabricor garment is increased.

The socket entrance may be unyielding, in which event the flange a andthe wall e3 are continuous, or it may be yielding, in which event thewall and the flange have a single slit extending from them. In theformer instance it is of course used with a spring-ball It is secured inplace to the fabric by IOO that is, a ball which has resident init thenecessary engaging resiliency, and in the latter event it may be usedwith a ball member which is not resilient.

It will be understood that the ange a about the socket-entrance providesa practically continuous and smooth nish to the surface of the memberwhich is exposed when it is attached to the fabric or material.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure`by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. A socket member of a sew-onfastener having a perforated fastening flange Ysurrounding' asocket-entrance a2 and forming a at or substantially flat face from saidsocketentrance outward and anintegral wall extending inward from saidsocket-entrance, the said wall being open at its inner end and expandedoutward above said socket-entrance to form a shallow ball-holding cavityand the inner edge of which wall forms a pressure-receiving bearing, thesaid flange being adapted to be united to the fabric or material withwhich the socket member is used by stitches and without perforating thematerial and the said wall being adapted to hold the said fabric ormaterial from the said socket-entrance but not from the ball. i

2. A socket member of a sew-on fastener having a perforatedfastening-flange a surrounding the socket-entrance a2 the outer edge ofwhich flange is turned upward, and a wall extending inward from saidsocket-entrance, open at its inner end, expanded outward within saidsocket-entrance to form a shallow, ballholding cavity, open at both endsas and for the purposes set forth.

3. A socket member of a sew-on fastener having a perforatedfastening-flange a surrounding the socket-entrance cf and providing asubstantially at face from said socket-entrance, the outward-expanding,integral Wall extending inward from said socket-entrance, open at itsinner end and expanded outward above said socket-entrance to form ashallow ball-holding cavity, open at both ends, and a slit extendingentirely across said flange and said wall to provide the socket-entrancewith a yielding action as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A socket member of a sew-on fastener having. a perforatedfastening-ange a surrounding thesocket-entrance a2, an integral wallextending inward from said socket-entrance, open at its inner end andexpanded outward above said socket-entrance to form a shallow,ball-holding cavity, open at both ends, the said wall being bent at itsinner end to form a relatively wide pressure receiving bearing as andfor the purposes set forth.

VILLIAM S. RICHARDSON;

Witnesses: Y

J. M. DoLAN, J oHN E. R. HAYES.

